I Still Have Cabin Fever!

There are more projects up today featuring the Cabin Fever line! This December Kit  from Scrap Shotz is amazing. I have up a scrapbook layout using the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine monthly sketch, 2 cards and 6X6 canvas board. 

My take on the CSM Sketchy Challenge featuring the Scrap Shotz December Kit.

6X6 canvas board using the Cabin Fever line and some TH snowflakes and distress crayons for the background.

Two quick cards created using the cut apart cards from the paper pack, ephemera and the enamel dots.

Head on over to Scrap Shotz Snap Shotz to see more details and list of supplies with direct links to the Scrap Shotz store. This is a great kit so grab it while you can! 

Thanks for popping in and hope you have a great week!!

Cathy

A New Canvas

I am in full on Christmas mode and working on getting projects ready for a craft fair I have at the end of the month. One of the things I am doing is creating canvasses where people can just add their picture of choice and it's ready to go. I am using different background ideas and colours, but as almost always my Distress Colours get used! :)

I did the background of this 12X12 canvas in layers of Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. I then used the line stencil and the splotch marks stencil to add another layer. The line one I used clear texture paste, then scraped my palette knife across the canvass to add some brighter spots.

I found heart shapes from an old grungeboard set, and Southern Ridge Trading company ( the barbed wire heart) and Emerald Creek charm. All the things I embossed I used San Tropez tan, also from Emerald Creek.

The center part is where someone puts their picture.

I know I'm biased but I just love how the line stencil and clear texture paste turned out! I may have to do this again on another canvas!

Thank you for stopping by and also I appreciate those of you who take time to comment! I do read them all!

Have a great Wednesday!

Cathy

Circles In Class

This post is doing double duty for me today. I wanted to share this amazing class I took at my LSS, Clipper Street and I wanted to create a project to show at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Going Round in Circles! 

I love taking classes with Stacey of Stacey Wakelin Designs! We learn so many techniques and ways to use products and it is a very relaxed atmosphere. She is informative, positive, supportive and if there is something you aren't liking about your project she helps you find a way to change it. My sister and I have taken two canvas classes with her and have really enjoyed the class and spending time together!

Everyone in class received packages of letters (well some went without due to backorders) and that is what some people used to add their words inside the embroidery hoops. We were shown how to age them and paint them to make them more vintagey and less shiny. I didn't have the stickers which worked out fine with me, I knew I had these little wooden words at home and was going to use them.

 

 We started with a blank canvas board and just added our colour, texture, stamped images, tissue images, more paint one layer at a time. We used the Tim Holtz Grit Paste, first time for me, and I love it!! Gorgeous texture, dries quite quickly and takes colour nicely too!

I also brought my buttons home to finish up because I love my Hammered Metal, Burnt Copper Leaves and Charred Gold embossing powder from Emerald Creek. I used those powders on all my buttons and I just love the swirly texturey look I get. 

Gorgeous metallics to finish the buttons

 

 

I painted my little wooden letters to match the Dylusions Paints I used on the canvas. And I had more white space than I wanted for my paper background so I went around the piece with my Fallen Blossom stamps from Nicole Wright Designs.

Lovely stamped Finnabair butterfly on tissue paper and some mica flakes for shine and the fantastic Grit paste in the background too.

It was a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours on Sunday, hanging out with my sister, Stacey, getting messy and painty and having a canvas that I love to bring home!

Thanks for stopping by and have a really great week!

Cathy

Challenges Entered:

Frilly and Funkie - Going Round In Circles